University of Southern Queensland
Master of Nursing (Clinical Education)
- Delivery: Online
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 3 years
Equips experienced nurses with advanced skills in teaching, leadership, and curriculum design to shape the next generation of healthcare professionals.
Course overview
Overview
- Develop as a specialist clinical nurse educator for students, peers and other health professionals. You’ll build knowledge and skills to lead and facilitate professional development and mentoring within a clinical education nursing setting.
- Extend your cognitive and practice skills to critique, evaluate and identify best practice methods of educating others to improve the health outcomes of communities and individuals.
- Build expertise in creating innovative learning strategies relevant to clinical education nursing in a health care setting. Explore online facilitation of pedagogical frameworks in an online and blended learning environment.
- Study online and part-time, progressing your career while fitting study into your life and current occupation as a nurse.
The Clinical Education specialisation aims to prepare students to advance their knowledge and skills in developing and managing clinical education programs and facilitating the professional development and mentoring of students and peers within healthcare contexts.
CSP Subsidised Fees Available
This program has a limited quota of Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP). The indicative CSP price is calculated based on first year fees for EFT. The actual fee may vary if there are choices in electives or majors.
Key facts
From $1,119 (CSP)
What you will study
To earn this degree, students must complete 12 units, comprised of:
- Five units of core courses
- Five units of specialisation or approved courses
- Two units of research courses
Complete the following courses:
- Contexts of Practice
- Research Project Design
- Health Policy Analysis and Review
- Research Design and Methodologies
- The Law and Health Care Practice or Culture as Determinants of Health
Research course
- Health Masters Project (two units)
Entry requirements
- Completed a three-year bachelor's degree in nursing from an Australian university, or equivalent.
- Hold a current Professional Registration as a Division 1 nurse, or equivalent, with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or a relevant regulatory body in the applicant's home country.
English language requirements
To meet the English language requirements for this degree, UniSQ accepts the minimum English language proficiency scores from one of the following tests. Your test must be completed within two years of applying to UniSQ.
- IELTS (Academic): Minimum overall score of 7.0 and a minimum score of 7.0 in the four components - listening, reading, writing and speaking.
- Pearson Test of English: Minimum overall score of 65 and a minimum score of 65 in each of the four communicative skills - listening, reading, writing and speaking.
- TOEFL iBT: Minimum total score of 94 and minimum score in each test section: 24 for listening and reading; 27 for writing; 23 for speaking.
Recognition of Prior Learning
If you have previously studied or have relevant work experience, you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning. This will help reduce the number of courses you must take to finish your program. Contact the university for more information.
Outcomes
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to:
- Display an advanced body of seminal, conceptual and data-based knowledge in nursing.
- Communicate advanced knowledge of research principles and methods applicable to health and nursing.
- Review conceptual and data-based literature using cognitive and technical skills to critique, evaluate and identify best evidence to improve individual, community and population health outcomes.
- Apply evidence-based decision-making to clinical, policy, education and/or practice situations.
- Lead people and projects in diverse situations with high creativity, autonomy and accountability, demonstrating appropriate judgement and responsibility as an expert practitioner.
- Communicate highly in interpersonal, interprofessional and intercultural situations with people of diverse ages, backgrounds and needs.
- Employ advanced skills in competent, caring and professional nursing practice.
Career outcomes
- This master’s degree equips you with the specialist skills to become a clinical nurse educator in nursing and healthcare.
- Clinical Nurse Educators supervise and manage the assessment, planning and execution of clinical education programs in various health care settings in the private and public sectors.
Fees and CSP
Indicative annual fee in 2025: $8,948 (Commonwealth Supported Place)
Indicative annual fee in 2025: $26,640 (domestic full-fee paying place)
A student’s annual fee may vary depending on:
- The number of courses studied.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of courses.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
Commonwealth Supported Places
The Australian Government allocates a certain number of CSPs to the universities each year, which are then distributed to students based on merit.
If you're a Commonwealth Supported Student (CSS), you only need to pay some of your tuition fees. The student contribution amount is the balance once the government subsidy is applied. This means your costs are much lower.
Limited CSP spaces are offered to students enrolled in selected postgraduate courses.
Your student contribution amount is:
- Calculated per unit you're enrolled in.
- Depending on the study areas they relate to.
- Reviewed and adjusted each year.
HECS-HELP loans are available to CSP students to pay the student contribution amount.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee-paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.
